PART TWO
PAGES 13 TO 24
VOL. XXIV.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 2, 1905.
NO. 14.
Wednesday Evangelistic Day, Store Closed From 11:30 A. M. to 2 P. M.
Important Sale of Laces
Greatest Lace Event in Years
Don't miss coming to the store tomorrow; our great lace department
has been doubled in size and every Inch is loaded with RARE BARGAINS
IN LACES. OUR MR, ELKINGTON has planned and prepared on a
scale never before known, and you will find many surprises in store for you.
JYWH
$2.00 Laces 33c
2500 -yards Net Top Laces, 9 to 12-in.
wide, white, cream and ecru; regu
lar 75c to $2.00 values, at the very
great bargain price of 33
Great Value 37c
$1.00 Allover Net Lace, white, cream
and ecrue 53
65c Silk Chiffon, all colors 37
.50 Laces 29c
2000 yards Point Gaze and Point de
Venise Lace Galoons, Festoons and
Medallions, cream and ecru; regular
75c to $1.50, at the very low price
of .29
Extra Value 49c
75c Point de Esprit Net, white, black
and. colors 49
$2.00, 45-inch black Lace Net. .$1.25
Special values in Lace Sets, Galoons, Bands, Festoons, Medallions, Edgings and Allovers to match, in this season's
many styles. Irish Crochet, Point de Venise, Real Applique and Brouege ; also Net Laces of all kinds ; and light Val
enciennes effects.
$1.50 Lace Nets 78c
Extraordinary value in Allover Lace
Nets for waists and suits, 36 and 45
inches wide, white and cream; spe-
llJtf cial value at $1.25 and $1.50 for 78
Robes Unmade
"We invite special inspection of our un
made rotes in lace, linen, batiste, net
and spangle. Materials for bodice and
sleeves with each robe; price
$12 to $185
Waists Unmade $1.48
Introduction special in unmade lawn
Waists, embroidery and lace trim
med; tucked lawn for sleeves and
back. Regular $2 and $2.50 at. $1.48
Embroidery Sale Extraordinary
There will be marvelous selling here in the Embroideries tomorrow. No old
styles, no odds and ends, but
250,000 Yards Newest Embroidery at Lowest
Prices Ever Known .
No economically inclined person can afford to miss the great feast of rare em
. broidery bargains.
75c-$1.50 Emb'dy 2 5c
The greatest offering ever made in Em
broideries; thousands of yards of new
up-to-date Swiss, nainsook and cambric
embroidery, 10 to 16 inches wide, in
cluding corset cover embroidery and
flouncing. These are new, choice pat
terns and would s,ell at regular prices,
$1.50, $1.25 to 50c. For this great offer
ing 25
75g Insertion 19c
For this great sale, 3000 yards Embroid
ery Insertion, 2 to 4 inches wide, nain
sook and Swiss; new patterns, all this
Spring's purchase, and would sell regu
lar at 75c to 50c; for this great sale. 19
$5.00 Flounces $1.95
A great value-breaking record, 10-iiv.
Swiss Embroidery Circular Flounce.
Tnese flounces are made in circular ef
fect by hemstitching, the circular effect
forming a full flounce, fine Swiss lawn
handsomely embroidered. Regular price
$5.00 to $350. Greatest value at. $1.95
$3 Embroidery 98c
Just what you need and at LESS
THAN HALF PRICE. 22-inch Allover
Nainsook and Swiss Embroidery, for
making waists. New designs; regular
prices $3.00 to $2.25. For this great
sale 98J
$1.25 Rajah Pongee 98c
Tomorrow we place on sale the greatest silk special this sea
son, 1500 yards RAJAH Pongee; all the latest shades,
Parsifal, reseda, champagne, navy, gold brown, olive and
black. Sold by other stores at $1.25; our price tomor
row 9S
36-inch black Taffeta; regular $1.25, special $ .98
36-inch black Taffeta; regular $1.35, special $1.10
27-inch Pongee, champagne only; regular 85c, special. .'59
$1.00 Dress Goods 79c
44-in.
46-in.
4G-in.
46;in.
44-in.
42-in.
50-in.
48-in.
Sale of $1.00 New Spring Suitings.
New Stripe Mohair Brilliantines .
French Panama Novelties
All-Wool Crepe Granites
French Voiles and Etamines, all colors. .,. .. . .
Sale of $1.25 New Spring Dress Goods.
'Fancy Silk and Mohair Sicilians i.
Silk and Wool Crepe d 'Paris
Shepherd Plaids, all colors
Imported French Prunellas, all colors
Yard
98 c
Yard
Victor Talking
Machine
HIS
master's
VOICE
And Twelve Records of
your own choice de
livered at your qu
home for TpL
Balance Easy Weekly
Payments
Soft and Sweet as a Woman's
Voice
$17.50 Women's Covert Coats $9.95
Tomorrow we place on sale 100 highest-class tailor-made Covert Coats, made
of the finest covert cloth in the correct shades of tan in 22, 23 and 24-inch
lengths; fly front with notch collar or collarless; in plain tailored or fancy
trimmed stales; all satin lined. Regular price $17.50, $15.60 and $12.50; to
morrow at the exceptionally low price of 9.95
$6.50 Women's Silk Petticoats $3.98
We place on sale tomorrow another shipment of those now famous Black Silk
Petticoats, made of extra heavy taffeta silk, with deep flounce of accordion
plaiting and trimmed with ruffle and niching; black only. Regular price
$6.50; tomorrow at 3.98
500 Women's $2.50 Embroidered Waists
$1.49
Tomorrow we place on sale 500 Women's Waists of fine quality union linen, the entire front is
made with the new English eyelet embroidery, the back has four narrow tucks, full leg-o'-mutton
sleeves, with four plaits running from elbow to cuff ; stock collar. Regular
$2.50; tomorrow, special .1.49
Ready-Made Sheets and. Pillow Cases
Tomorrow we place on sale 500 Sheets, 81x90, 3-inch hems, K Ci 45x3G Hemstitched Pillbw Cases, same quality as sheets; 1
price tomorrow, extra special.
Jn the Music Store: Standard Music Monday at 3c
THE NATIONAL CATALOGUE OF STANDARD MUSIC Consisting of over 2000 vocal and .instru
mental pieces containing an immense number of the famous classics of the old masters, beside many late copyrights
To give an idea we print below a few titles
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SBfDpman, VsToif e Ke OoTT
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Abide With Me.
Ave Maria.
Bid Me Goodbye.
Cavalleria Rusticana.
cradle Song.
Daddy.
Dear Heart.
How Can I Leave Thee.
In Old Madrid.
In the Gloaming-.
Jerusalem.
Killarney. v
La Paloma.
Last Night.
Douglas Tender and True.
Drifting. . Flee as a Bird..
For You.
Garden of Sleep. ,
Glory to Thee. My God.
Heart Bowed Down.
A thousand others; also piano duets, violin, flute, mandolin, banjo and guitar music.
TIGER LURES HIM
Tarn many Seeks to Cap
ture Jerome.
ADVANCES TEMPTING OFFER
Has. Prospects of. Governor
ship and Presidency,
IF HE WILL FALL IN LINE
IS
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New York's Great District Attorney
Offered Renomination What". He
Has Done to .Gamblers and, 1
Chinese" Tongs. -
NEW YORK. April , 1. (Special.)
Tammany is going to fight Roosevelt--ism
with Jerome. All the preliminaries
have been arranged, and the nonpar-
tisan District Attorney's name will ap
pear upon the Tiger's ticket this Fall.
Leader Murphy pins great faith on
Jerome, who has without doubt been
the most active office-holder that the
city has ever seen. The acquisition of
this active fighter is regarded as a
great triumph for Tammany leader
ship. -
President' Roosevelt Is popularly
credited" wlt"h the possession of a "big
stick." Jerome has a little stick, which
he has used freely in various ways,
and he has thoroughly enjoyed wield
ing it.
Some time ago overtures were made
to' Jerome by several of his friends
who are in the inner councils of Tam
many Hall. He was told that if he
would accept, the Wigwam would re
nominate him for his present position,
absolutely without pledges or prom
ises. "All we ask of you," his visitors
said, "is that you do not throw us down
after the convention is held by de
clining the nomination and putting us
In a false position. You'can name any
body you like to office, and we will not
even suggest a candidate. "We would
take it as a favor, however, if you
would not attack us on the stump."
Visions of Future Greatness.
The District Attorney's caller then
led him up into the high mountains
and showed him how regularity would
bring him substantial reward. It was
pointed out to him that a Governor
would be elected in 1906. Disastrous
experiences ' with country candidat'es
has about convinced the Democracy
that the next standard-bearer should
come from the city, nnd Jerome was
pledged the support of Tammany if he
aspired to that office.
"And If the Democrats elect a Gov
ernor of this state," wound up his
tempters, "it is almost an absolute
certainty that he will be the Demo
cratic candidate for President in -1908."
The District Attorney has talked the
matter over with his friends, and- they
all advised him to. accept. They tell
him lie cannot fail to secure the in
dorsement of the Citizens Union and
the Republicans, but Jerome doubts
it. He remembers what happened to
Grout and Fornes two years ago, but
he thinks he can "pull a large enough
Independent vote to win, no matte?
what may happen to - the rest of the
ticket.
Already the District Attorney is
planning his fight for next year, and
has told his intimates that. If 'nomi
nated, he will paint the Empire State
a color that It has never been painted
before.
Things Jerome Has Done.
District Attorney William Travers
Jerome has been an absolutely unique
character in the political life of New
York, despite the fact that politicians
of nil kinds and conditions have ap
peared upon its stage. Wealthy and of
good social standing, he has resided
since his election In the poorest quar
ter of the city, and either he or one
of his assistants has been on hand at
all hours of the day and night to give
free legal advice to the unfortunate.
He closed the big gambling-houses,
which none of his predecessors were
ever able to touch, and it Is a fact that
at the present time there is no real
gambling in the city. The policy ring,
which robbed the poor in the meanest
possible manner, is at an end, and its
millionaire chief, "Al" Adams, served
a term in prison after defying the law
for years.
The latest example of the resource
fulness of this astonishing official was
shown In the masterly way In which
he suppressed a war between the rival
Chinese "tcngs" of the city. Tom" Lee,
the Mayor of Chinatown, was the head
of one tong; Mock Duck was trie rec
ognized head of the Highbinders. Mock
Duck was shot several months ago,
and after his recovery disappeared. It
was understood that he had gone to
San Francisco, and when he returned
the other day, accompanied by four
vicious Highbinders, and distributed
death notices to his rivals, there was
great excitement. "Mayor" Tom Lee
had locked himself in his home with
the announcement that he knew he was
going to be killed and nobody could
help him. The undertakers who do
business in the Chinese quarter were
all rubbing their hands Joyfully, but
nothing In the nature of a tragedy
happened.
The District Attorney interfered. He
looked over his old indictments and found
thatMock Duck had been twice tried for
a murder, but had been released because
the1 Jury could not agree.- So he nabbed
Mock Duck and ' locked him up in the
Tombs.
"The District Attorney has no expecta
tion of convicting, this man," pleaded his
lawyer in court, while asking for the
Chinaman's discharge.
"Of course I have not," was the frank
reply of Jerome, which took his oppo
nent's breath away. "I do not think the
jury will find him guilty, but while I have
him in the Tombs awaiting trial, he can
not be committing these murdera he has
planned."
The Judge upheld this view, and com
mitted the accused to jail. Then the Dis
trict Attorney sent for Tom Lee and
another Chinaman, recognized as Mock
Duck's first lieutenant. They were sur
prised to meet In the District Attorney's
office.
"I sent for you -people to say just one
thing," declared Mr. Jerome, in English
which both of his auditors understood. "I
do not want to annoy you unnecessarily,
but kindly understand that I will not
allow you to murder one another. Keep
up your tongs, and say all the mean
things you want about one another, but
do not fight. The first time there is any
bloodshed, I am coming up to Chinatown
myself. And I will oring a crowd with
me, and the things wewlil do will aston
ish all the Chinamen between here and
Pekin. There will not be any indict
ments, but when we get through, there
will not be enough left of the tongs to
talk about. And I mean every word
of it."
The representatives of the rival oath
bound societies listened gravely and prom
ised to obey. They have kept their word
up to dato, and Chinatown is so quiet
that the visftors to that quarter hardly
know it as the same place.
Of course learned counsel will hold up
their hands in horror and declare that
this Is not law. Their view of the case
was put up to Mr. Jerome, and he re
plied: "Why, of course it is not. You cannot
quote sections of the penal code to a
Chinaman with any degree of success.
You want to scare him. And I think I
have scared these tongs so they will be
have themselves. Isn't that what the
people want?"
Theaters Brought Into Line.
Another crusade which the District At
torney has in hand at present is directed
against the theaters. An expert whom
he has hired has been paying visits to the
various places of amusements, and noting
the violations of the law that exist. Then
Mr. Jerome sends for the Commissioner
of Buildings, and remarks that he does
not want to appear officious, but unless
these defects are remedied, he will feel
compelled to ask the indictment of the
aforesaid Commissioner for neglect of
duty. Whereupon it naturally follows that
the Commissioner sees that the changes
indicated are made without delay, and
the public approves of it, regardless o
the feelings of the managers.
The only theatrical man who has
shown anyanimos!ty In the matter is the
erratic Oscar Hammerstein. When told
that nls theater, the Victoria, had not
enough exits, he replied In an open let
ter to the press that "the Victoria has 22
exits, and If Mr. Jerome will come around
any evening I will gladly prove it by
kicking him out of each and every one."
It Is no reflection on Jerome's courage
that he has not accepted the invitation.
Everybody in New York knows that he
is-courageous, and he does not need to
prove It.
May Go to Political Grave.
But many people, while admiring him
for his course in office, feel sorry that
he has concluded to ally himself with
Tammany. They think of Controller Ed
ward M. Grout and President of the Board
of Aldermen John V. Fornes, who were
lured away from the Citizens Union
camp in 1903 and Induced to go on the
wigwam ticket. It is already settled that
neither of them will be renominated, and
their day in politics is over. Tammany
does not want them now, for their avail
ability has vanished.
But Jerome Is still an asset.
COLOMBIA WANTS HARD MONEY
Bank Started With Large Capital to
Convert Currency.
NEW YORK April 1. Tho Central
Bank has started business with a cap
ital of $S,000.000 gold, fully subscribed
and guaranteed, says a Herald dispatch
from Bogota, Colombia. Subscriptions
were raised in all of tho eight depart
ments of the republic so enthusiastic
ally that the shares have been sub
scribed five times over. The bank's
principal object Is the conversion of
paper currency into coin. About 55.
000,000 of the principal reserve is des
tined for that purpose, which will low
er Interest rates and prevent ruinous
foreign loans.
The National Assembly is working
Industriously to eliminate the Vice
Presidency of tho republic, and fixing
the Presidential term at 10 years. All
parties represented In the Assembly
have indorsed the proposed period, and
exclusively favor General Reyes.
The next Congress will not meet be
fore 190S, but meantime the Assembly
can be convoked if necessary, as an
extraordinary Congress. The Presi
dent of the republic Is empowered to
perform his duties in any part of the
country.
CALVE COMING TO PORTLAND
Signs Contract for Forty Concerts in
United States. '
NEW YORK. April 1. G. Kronberg
has completed arrangements with John
Cort, owner of a large circuit of thea
ters in the Northwest, whereby they
jointly will superintend a tour for
Mme. Calve. The prima donna will give
a series of 40 concerts beginning next
October, starting In New York and ex
tending to Portland and San Francisco.
(The Northwestern Theatrical Asso
ciation is the circuit referred to in the
dispatch, of which Calvin Hellig, of
Portland, Is president, and Mr. Cort Is
manager. Thi3 tour" will include con
certs In Seattle, Tacoma, Victoria anJ
Vancouver, B. C.)
Norwegian Colony for Nevada.
RENO. New, April 1. The Norwegians
of Minnesota and the Dakotas plan to es
tablish an immense colony In Nevada. A
representative arrived here this week, and
is now carrying out the' plans. It is
planned to secure a tract of several thou
sand acres of unclaimed land In the cen
tral portion of the state, construct an Irri
gation system and place It ready for the
plowman. When that is done, arrange
ments are already made to have thou
sands of Norwegian families come to the
. state and place the land under cultivation.
each family taking a small tract.
ARE GIVEN KE'
Prisoners Unlock Their
Handcuffs.
TWO WOMEN SUSPECTED
Men Escape From Federal
Marshal.
ONE OF THEM RECAPTURED
Monk Finton and Joseph Golden Un
der Extradition to Canada Give
Deputy Marshal the Slip
on the Street.
Did Bernice Gordon and Mrs. Hill assi3t
Monk Finton and Joseph Golden to escapo
from United States Deputy Marshal Jacob
Proebstel yesterday afternoon? If they
did not the Marshal's office is at a great
loss to know how the men happened to
be able to get away from the handcuffs
with which they were bound together.
Finton and Golden were arrested In
Portland some time ago on complaint of
the Canadian authorities, charged with
having forged a postal note at Vancouver,
B. C, In May last. They have been in
carcerated In the County Jail since their
arrest and yesterday an order was mado
for their extradition by the United States
Court.
The two men had been escorted to tho
Federal building by Deputy Marshal
Proebstel, who, when ho started to return
to the jail, handcuffed his charges to
gether. .He then took thorn out and up
Seventh street in order to escape the large
crowds which had gathered to witness tho
departure of the troops from Vancouver.
As Mr. Proebstel and his men reached Al
der street, Finton and Golden surged
apart, the cuffs slipped easily from tho
wrist of the latter and both mon sprang
away in different directions. Proebstel,
who was Immediately behind tho men.
started after Golden, who is considered,
to be the more guilty of the two, and
after chasing him through the crowds for
some time, caught him in the alleyway
back of the Marquam building on Sixth
street. Finton made good his escape with.
the handcuffs hanging to his wrist.
Much surprise is felt at the Marshal's
office over the escape, for the cuffs wero
examined and tested after having been
put on the wrists of the two men. Tho
rumor has become current since the es
cape that there were 'two women respon
sible fo'r the escape and that one of them,
had given Finton a key which would un
lock the handcuffs by which he was
bound t6 his partner.
Some' time ago two women called upon
John F. Logan and asked him to repre
sent the two men before the courts. One
of the women was young and gave the
name of Miss Bernice Gordon, while the
elder woman was known as Mrs. Hill.
They have been visiting the prisoners,
and Miss Gordon especially has made re
peated trips to the jail to see Finton.
After the escape the story was told to
one of the officials that Miss Gordon had
given Finton a key with which to unlock
the handcuffs.
It is supposed that these two women
have followed the men to" this city from
Vancouver and that the plan was laid for
the escape after it was known that the
order for extradition was to be made. It
is thought by the Marshal's office that
clues in the possession of the officers will
lead to the early apprehension of Finton.
The hanlcuffs were found late yester
day afternoon behind the First Congrega
tional Church, by the janitor. They had
been slipped In a small box. sitting just
outside the building, on the church prop
erty. They were turned over to the police.
BANK-WRECKERS UNDER BOND
They Stole $102,000 in Two Years
From Lorain People.
ELYRIA. O.. April 1. Cashier E. F.
Kaneen. Assistant Cashier E. B. Walk
er and Bookkeeper Dana Walker,
charged with embezzling the funds of
the Citizens' Savings Bank of Lorain,
were brought here and placed in tha
County Jail today. Later they were ar
raigned before Justice Lord. They each
pleaded not guilty and waived a prelimi
nary hearing. The Justice fixed the bonds
at 160CO each.
CLEVELAND. O.. April 1. Representa
tives' of the various surety companies
have been Investigating the condition of
affairs at the Citizens' Savings Bank in
Lorain, and report that the actual short
age amounts to $102,000, but of that
amount $12,000 has been turned back.
It is also etated that the taking of tha
bank's money by its employes began In
1908. at leasf half of the shortage having
occurred in that year. The shortage to
be made good is $90,000. The City of Lo
rain funds, amounting to about $23.0i
which were deposited in the bank by City
Treasurer A. H. Babcock. are secured by
a depository bond for $25,000. This will
save the city from loss.
BOUGH EIDER WILL RULE SAMAR
George Curry Will Have Extraordi
nary Powers in Disturbed Province.
MANILA, April 1. Governor Feito. of
the Province of Samar, has resigned. He
will be succeeded by George Curry, for
merly Chief of Police of Manila, who held
the rank of Captain in the Rough Riders.
The new Governor will be given extraor
inary powers for the purpose of bringing
peace to the troubled district.
Morton Under Doctor's Care.
WASHINGTON. April I. Secretary
of the Navy Morton has been forced
to abandon his trip to the Soutn and
West with the President, upon the ur
gent advice of an ear specialist, whom
he consulted today. For more than a
year the Secretary has suffered from
trouble in one of his cars, and this dur
ing his recent trip became acute. The
specialist thinks that with immediate
treatment the malady can be removed.